Thursday, May 5, 2016

Box It All Up - 100 Blocks Blog Hop

I am so excited!!! It's time for another 100 Blocks Blog Hop!!! Volume 13 of 100 Blocks Magazine is hitting new stands everywhere and I am so very honored to have a block in it!! The block is called Box It All Up and it is block #1262. And it is such a fun block to make ;)

I just love 100 Blocks magazine!!! They are chuck full of so much creative goodness!! This is the 8th time I have had a block in 100 Blocks and I get more excited with each one ;) And I am especially excited to not only have my block on the cover of this edition but to also have my name on the cover!!! I might have squealed out loud when I saw that the first time ;)

And I a super excited to get to share a finished Box It All Up Baby quilt with you as well ;) This quilt was for my sweet little niece Emily ;) She is my twin sister's third little one and such a cutie!!!

You might remember this picture I shared a while back. This was the first time I got to meet my sweet little niece Emily when she was about 3 weeks old. She sure has grown a lot since then ;)

The Box It All Up Block makes such an adorable baby quilt!! I had fun adding a thin sashing so the blocks can really play together and create some great secondary designs. And the block really does come together fast while still having lots of movement to keep your eyes dancing around. So fun!!

For the fabrics, I choose the beautiful lilac color story of Violet Crafts Brambleberry Ridge for Micheal Miller fabrics. I love how all of the colors are so soft and just blend together. And of course, you know I love the purple!!!! And it even has pops of gold in it, the lines is just precious and it fits my sweet little niece just perfectly!!

When it came time to quilt, I decided to go with an all over design of all my favorites ;) This mixture of Swirls, Curls, Paisleys, and Pebbles is really becoming a favorite design to do and I just love all of the wonderful texture it creates!!

And that is my sweet little Emily's Box It All Up Baby Quilt!!! I had so much making her quilt with the Box It All Up Block!!! I never get tired of how fun it is to watch a block grow into a quilt!! Just such an amazingly happy process of creation!!

And there just might be some more Box It All Up Block sewing around here :) Don't you just love these shades of Berry Bella Solids!!! Some secret sewing fun to be revealed at a later day :)

That's all of the Box It All Up Block . . . But don't go away yet!! One lucky Happy Quilting reader will be getting the all the amazing block patterns in their own copy of Volume 13 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks!!!!

To enter is easy!! All Entries are welcome, including International Entries. Please just be sure to leave an email address if you are a no-reply blogger ;) One Entry per person please and I will announce a winner on Wednesday Morning, May 11th ;)

ENTRY - Simply leave a comment that includes the number 13. It can be anything, as long as there is an 13 in it :)

And be sure to pop on over to the Quilty Pleasures Blog for lots more 100 Blocks Posts, Eye Candy, and of course, awesome Giveaways!!!

Thanks for Stopping In, Good Luck, and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!!Linking up to Sarah's and Amanda's ;)

244 comments:

This looks a fabulous magazine and I can already see a few blocks I would love to make. Love your block. I would love to win my own copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol. 13. If I won it I would make the 13th block in the magazine first to celebrate.

Good morning...The block is great, of course, I really like the color scheme--- there's purple in it. I do most of my piecing on my herd of treadle sewing machines, I have 13 of them between the house in GA and the cabin in MN :)Keep up the nice designing Kaylace@bellsouth.net

I don't yet have 13 UFO's, but some days it feels like it. (What should I work on next? Or maybe I should start that new pattern I just bought?!) BTW, I hope the drawing is May 21 - 6 months would be a long time to wait for this gorgeous magazine! ajdepue2@gmail.com

So happy for you that your beautiful creative block as well as your name is on the front cover of QM's 100 Blocks, Volume 13. Good for you. You certainly deserve it. I also like the way you described the feeling you get on how a block grow into a quilt - such an amazingly happy process of the creation. That's how we all feel about each and every block we start to make. Thank you for the chance to try and win this awesome magazine.

I was going to comment even if there wasn't a giveaway. I love this block! You did sucha good job. It seems out of your standard style. Way to mix it up.As for 13... we have 13 steps from the ballroom to basement... heeheehehe, I love saying "ballroom" about a room in my own house... heeheehee

Very nice block that turned into a very sweet baby quilt for a sweet little girl! My husband's birthday is on May 13 and to find out it is on a Friday this year, not that I am superstitious...just saying. kthurn(at)bektel(dot)com

Really love the fabrics you used in this block Melissa. I'd say I'm going to make 13 of those quilts, but yea, that would be a lie. What isn't a lie is that I got married on a July 13th. I never gave it a thought that it was the 13th, but it wasn't a Friday. Of course since that time, many of our anniversaries were on Friday, July 13th. LOL

Ha, ha! When I went to click on "comments, it said "130 comments"--13 x 10!!! You got a lot of comments so early in the day (must be the baby pic). This block could be a great way to use some fussy cut motifs.

Next week will have a Friday the 13th in it. And I will be going to watch my niece compete in gymnastics in Pigeon Forge TN. I made her a quilt 12 years ago when she was born, too. Thanks, and love your block.joyecox@yahoo.com

Next week will have a Friday the 13th in it. And I will be going to watch my niece compete in gymnastics in Pigeon Forge TN. I made her a quilt 12 years ago when she was born, too. Thanks, and love your block.joyecox@yahoo.com

I love square in a square blocks. Now I guess I will have to add another project to the 13 UFOs I already have on hand. I will need to live to be "13" hundred to finish everything I want to do. Thank you for your beautiful work. poladydwd(at)yahoo(dot)com

What a beautiful block! Too bad that this block wasn't on page 13, but it was in the 13th issue of 100 Blocks. I do agree with you that everything is nicer with the color purple and your flower material is just great. Thanks so much for sharing it with me.

Ooo, I spy pretty Tucker Prairie fabric in your block (I just made a small quilt using that line and wish I had more)! My quilt is small but it has way more than 13 blocks. I think there are 40. I made 42 but then set it on point and ended up with some spares. :-)

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